Business Operations Associate, Roku
$97-146k
+ equity
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
Job no longer available
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$97-146k
+ equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide its users with a more convenient and cost effective way of watching the programs they love.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate for this role has served in a deal desk function or has relevant experience with business contracts and/or insertion orders in the tech and media space (OTT preferred)
- 3+ years of experience in deal desk, data management, internal/external risk assessment, audit, compliance, internal controls, or related fields
- Experience in the OTT, tech or media space highly preferred
- Possess a strong background in business process, financial, and compliance auditing techniques (experience supporting testing for Sarbanes-Oxley strongly preferred)
- Experience leading risk assessments and defining audit roadmaps
- User experience in Salesforce and reporting intelligence with Salesforce, Excel, & Tableau
- Interest in and comfort level reviewing legal language and business terms
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Eagerness to be hands-on with a variety of stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Internal Audit, Finance or relevant field a plus
What the job involves
- The Business Operations team drives the vision, alignment and execution of cross-functional workflows, tooling and infrastructure needs for the content pipeline platform-wide, along with maintenance of corresponding documentation
- This includes internal tools, external vendors, content and programming deal flow, revenue, rights management, and acquisitions
- The core tenets of the team are accuracy, scalability, repeatability, and adaptability
- We are seeking a Senior Associate who will establish and shape the Deal Desk, Data Governance & Compliance functions of Roku's Business Operations team
- The Business Data Operations team drives the vision and execution of daily operations, tooling and infrastructure for content pipeline and content revenue with a focus on efficiency and scale
- The Senior Associate, Business Data Operations will be responsible for in-depth review and approvals of revenue and marketing commitments outlined in Roku's content agreements and ensure overall data accuracy and compliance
- Along with standard approval flows, they will help formalize and oversee exceptions workflows end-to-end, instituting and maintaining repeatable audits for all transactional business models Roku supports for both domestic and international distribution
- To accomplish the above, this resource will serve as the connective tissue between our business leads and various content finance and accounting groups across Roku in support of deal negotiations
- Approval of content distribution and programming acquisitions deals to verify accuracy and serve as a preliminary audit and compliance layer
- Establish and implement data governance standards, policies, and related documentation for Roku's content pipeline across external and internal proprietary systems
- Implement an audit process to ensure policies, procedures and metrics are in place for measurement and continuous improvements
- Enact proactive change management controls, alerting and standardizing communications to appropriate stakeholders
- Develop and maintain intuitive, usable data (business) dictionaries
- Inform the product and engineering roadmap for effective deal capture and related integrations/automations
- Partner with data security, privacy, legal, finance and business teams to ensure compliance and inform them of data governance best practices
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to quickly address breakdowns in data quality and issue remediation
- Serve as the core liaison between business teams and content finance and accounting stakeholders
- Reinforce data management practices, systems of record, and how to source and where to consume data
- Oversee, manage and deliverables and processes for data dictionaries, upcoming challenges and ongoing risk
Application process
- Roku will be accepting applications for this position until January 10, 2025 [or until the position filled]
Our take
According to Nielsen data, the average streamer spends over seven minutes searching for something to watch. Streaming services use customers' viewing history to make suggestions, but these are limited to programs licensed for that particular service.
Roku provides an integrated streaming service that offers TV channels, movies and third-party streaming services, resulting in an all-in-one streaming platform. The service can be accessed through a variety of customized subscription packages and fees.
Roku stands out in the streaming industry by bringing many competitors together in one package. The startup provides further innovative services such as a weekly TV series named 'Roku Recommends' which uses first-party data to recommend essential viewing to users. Alongside funding filmmakers through its "Change Makers Program", Roku also acquired its own original library of shows through its acquisition of now-defunct Quibi's library in 2021. After successful collaborations with TCL and Hisense, the first in-house "Roku Television" was released in 2023, further exemplifying the streaming company's wider ambitions in the media sector.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2016
$45.5m
LATE VC
Nov 2015
$45.5m
SERIES H
Total funding: $247.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, wellness and financial benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Free snacks and access to the company fitness center
Company HQ
Newhall, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Anthony Wood
(Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Texas A&M before founding their first company in 1986. They held VP roles at both Adobe and Netflix.
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